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Chuck Norris Lashes Out Against Gays in the Boy Scouts

Remember the good old days, when Expendables 2 star Chuck Norris was just a meme? Well, recent years have seen the Walker, Texas Ranger star begin to unleash a whole new brand of Norrisisms unto the world. Norris has taken it upon himself to decry the efforts of James Turley, Ernst &amp; Young CEO and board member of the Boy Scouts of America, to open the latter organization to the welcoming of homosexual children and scout leaders. Earlier in June, Turley released a statement vocalizing his intentions to fight the BSA policy of excluding gay members. Norris published an article on Ammoland.com that not only strongly implies a negative perspective on the homosexual community, but also expresses several conspiracy theories regarding the "agendas" of Turley and President Barack Obama.
Norris illustrates Turley's connections to Obama (having been invited to the first family's state dinner in March, having been nominated to the president's Export Council in 2010) as reason to suspect that he is acting on behalf of the "pro-gay Obama administration," probing the reader wit the recurring hypothetical question, "Is it a coincidence?" In fact, it is not a coincidence: the two men have opted for a personal and professional relationship quite certainly because of their aligned values, the belief in human equality being not the least important of the lot. But Norris instead suggests that "perks and favors" are what motivated Turley to express his opposition to the standing Boy Scouts policy. Norris even mentions Vladimir Putin as being potentially in the mix.
One of the most outlandish portions of the article is the following paragraph:"Is it a coincidence, too, that on March 3, 2009, Obama became the honorary president of the BSA — a position proudly and publicly held and highlighted by all presidents since President William Howard Taft in 1910 — but that Obama’s induction was held behind closed doors in the Oval Office with seven or so Boy Scouts present and absolutely nothing noted in the White House daily briefing or any other official communication?"It seems over the top to assume that Norris is actually insinuating that something sordid went on between Obama and the young boys in question, but it certainly reads that way.
Norris claims that the BSA's "century-old" standing policy simply advocates a "pro-traditional family stance," but it is Turley who is working on behalf of the idea of family. What the phrase "traditional family" should indicate is love, trust, and acceptance, not discrimination and alienation, as is what Norris is really fighting for. There is no concrete threat posed by the welcoming of homosexuals into the Boy Scouts of America. The only foreseeable results include allowing today's youth to learn more actively that gay children are no different than heterosexual children, and for those very gay children to experience the same joys and character-building exercises that the Boy Scouts of America has afforded to children for generations.
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On Tuesday night, Lifetime broadcast the series premiere of Bristol Palin's new reality program, Bristol Palin: Life’s a Tripp. Unfortunately for the daughter of former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, her mother's penchant for decent television ratings don't seem to have been inherited: Deadline reports that the Lifetime series earned a viewership of roughly 726,000 — a significant drop from the show to air immediately prior on the network, Dance Moms (which took in about 1.8 million),
Sarah Palin's Alaska, a reality show the titular state's governor hosted from November 2010 to January 2011, actually premiered to record numbers for its home network, TLC. Nonetheless, the program failed to achieve a longevity beyond a few months. Palin's 2010 talk show was a much slighter example of the would-be VP's ratings capabilities.
In April, Palin's guest hosting gig on NBC's The Today Show managed to outshine Katie Couric on ABC's Good Morning America, further proving the nation's desire to keep up with Alaska's governor. And of course, the high-rated HBO movie Game Change proves that even those who aren't Palin fans are interested in the subject matter of John McCain's 2008 running mate.
Young Bristol Palin's program, however, has not earned as big a following as her mother, even in the wake of recent controversial activity. Bristol has also announced an interest in pursuing a political career.
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Bristol Palin

Bristol Palin wants you to know that her life is a Tripp, which also happens to be the punny name of her new Lifetime reality television program: Life's a Tripp. You get it? Her son's name is Tripp and she's taking a trip (one p) to California and it's such a trip (one p again) that someone put this family back on television again.
Regardless on your thoughts of the family, single motherhood is certainly no easy task, nor is moving to a new town, far away from your family, so that certainly sounds like a, well, trip? The show chronicles both situations in the 21-year-old's life, and in the clip below, we already see there are plenty of tears in store for Ms. Palin.
Since the Palins seem to hate the media so much, it's only a matter of time before each member of the clan gets their own ten-episode arc somewhere: to show who they really are as a retaliation against how they are portrayed, of course. So let us be a bit servicey for a minute and offer up some title suggestions for the family's no-doubt-forthcoming shows (and no, mom's first one doesn't count):
- Palin' Around with Todd
- I Willow Without You: The Willow Palin Experience
- The Pied Piper of Wasilla
- Riggin' and Triggin'
- Que Sarah, Sarah!
Life's a Tripp premieres June 19th on Lifetime.
[Photo Credit: Lifetime]
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NBC just announced last week that The New Normal, a half-hour comedy from co-executive producer Ryan Murphy, will appear in its fall lineup, but you can catch a sneak peek right now.
Supposedly The New Normal is different from Murphy's previous shows because it's a sitcom. Yet, the heartfelt moment in the teaser below seems like it could have been pulled from a future episode of Glee in which Kurt and Blaine decide to have a child via a surrogate (but resist the urge to sing about it).
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[Deadline]

President Barack Obama's vocal support for gay marriage has been met with a vast amount of celebrity support. Instantly, Hollywood stars took to twitter to commend the President for his admirable words — however, not everyone was overly impressed by his little speech. In fact, some celebs have even gone so far as to vocally criticize the President's support like Bristol Palin did in a her blog — or, if you're Howard Stern, say that it just wasn't enough.
"I wish the president actually had gone further," Stern recently told The Huffington Post at a press conference. "I wish he said he was going to back some legislation on the national level." But, the America's Got Talent judge did concede that it could eventually bring about some progress on the issue — but not much. "It's a baby step," he remarked.
Some have an issue with the timing and content of Obama's announcement, and like Howard, are unhappy that the President has yet to put forward any legislature. Max Mutchnick, the co-creator of Will and Grace, even called the President's statement "very choreographed."
But Howard and Mutchnick weren't the most vocal of this group. Who can forget Bristol Palin's bitter remarks when she took to her blog to express her disapproval with Obama's way of thinking? She even managed to bash the Fox hit show Glee while she was at it, stating, "It would’ve been nice if the President would’ve been an actual leader and helped shape their thoughts instead of merely reflecting what many teenagers think after one too many episodes of Glee."
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[HuffPo]

I know there are a few of you out there who are reading my Dancing with the Stars recaps and thinking, “so what? They’re dancing! Their feet are on the floor! Have you heard about that new crazy show called SKATING with the Stars? Where celebrities will be skating with ice professionals? It’s going to be so much better than watching the girl from Dirty Dancing dance around a set to the theme song from Married... with Children.” To that I say, NOT QUITE! IT WON’T HAVE BRISTOL PALIN TRAINING TO DANCE THE JIVE IN A MONKEY SUIT BY GOING TO CLOWN COLLEGE, THAT’S FOR SURE! They got a total of 18 points for their routine, which is 36 more than they deserved.
And Skating with the Stars CERTAINLY won’t have Derek Hough putting baby in a corner while they’re rehearsing the foxtrot! After some troublesome practices, Jennifer Grey and Derek wasted a bunch of time roaming around a couch and a cardboard television for a few too many bars before making their way to the stage and kicking up their skirts. It was cute how the camera caught Grey mouthing the lyrics to the song, but it wasn’t as cute as the fact that her monosyllabic answers convey how totally done she is with being on this show. They scored 25 points.
Brandy and Maksim danced the quickstep to the theme song from Friends, because they’re such good friends and Maksim shows his friendship to Brandy by smacking her on the ass in such a way that even Howard Stern thinks is disrespectful. I guarantee you that if your boss wasn’t busy looking for puppies to adopt on Petfinder.com, you could walk into his office and do this routine with him without putting in any rehearsal time. They got 27 points, which was the highest score the pair have received to date.
Audrina Patridge and Tony Dovolani practiced for their sexual rumba dance (to the theme song from The Hills, no less) by eating onions and garlic together because Tony namedropped that Richard Gere once told him it makes things less awkward. While it did make it easier for the two of them to rub their bodies together on the dance floor, it didn’t convince Audrina’s face to start working as hard as the sequins on her bikini top. They got 23 points for their routine.
Rick Fox and Cheryl Burke also danced the rumba, after Rick introduced Cheryl to some of his old basketball teammates in order to defend himself against the accusation that he’s more like Megatron as opposed to a dancer. I do not know what television theme song they danced to but I feel like it was in memory of Eric Estrata, and the way Rick put his hand on his hip was as perfect as meeting Neil Patrick Harris in a diner. Rick racked up 24 points for dipping Cheryl and spinning her between his two legs while one of Cheryl’s legs remained on the floor.
Kurt Warner and Anna Trebunskaya danced the quickstep to the theme song from Bewitched, and the bit was that when he started to dance poorly she’d wiggle her nose at him to make him keep going. But a lot of the time their footwork was out of synch, and Anna’s long dress tried to hide the fact Kurt was always ahead of her. They scored 24 points, which is only six points higher than the abstinence teacher in the monkey suit.
Florence Henderson danced to the theme song of WHAT ELSE? The Brady Bunch. To make things even more creepy, Barry Williams (who played Greg Brady, who, incidentally, Florence said always had a crush on her while they were filming the show) stopped by the studio to watch her rehearse the Argentine tango with Corky Ballas. I really can’t say anything about the dance because I was too busy Googling if there’s a test you can order online and use to diagnose yourself with mad cow disease. They got 21 points.
And finally, Kyle Massey and Lacey Schwimmer danced the foxtrot to the theme song from Charlie’s Angels. To help him with his posture and technique, Lacey invited fellow DWTS dancers Kym and Chelsea to give him some pointers. They made the tremendous contributions of telling him to bend his elbow and to puff up his chest more than the average Disney Channel star would. They couldn’t, however, get him to grow a mustache to match Lacey’s bellbottoms, which I consider to be an epic failure that is only neutralized by remembering Kyle was born in the 90s and this was his interpretation of how Drew Barrymore would dance to disco music. They got 20 points, which puts them in the bottom two and up for elimination tonight (along with Bristol Palin and Mark Ballas).